The 41st annual two-days Urs Mubarak of Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Shafi Okarvi the founder of Jamaat-e-Ahl-e-Sunnah Khateeb-e-Azam was held at Jamia Masjid Gulzar-e-Habib Gulistan-e-Okarvi (Soldier Bazaar) .
The Urs was celebrated with devotion and love, organized by Maulana Okarvi Academy (Al-Alami) and Gulzar-e-Habib Trust.
On this occasion, the annual commemorative magazine of the book series “Al-Khatib” was published.
A large number of religious scholars and devotees from the country and abroad participated in the celebrations of Urs Mubarak.
Various organizations and circles sprinkled flowers on the shrine of Hazrat Khatib-i-e-Azam, and annual World Khatib-e-Azam Day gatherings were held all over the world.
According to the announcement of Allama Kokab Noorani Okarvi, all the devotees distributed clothes to many deserving people for the reward of Hazrat Khatib-e-Azam instead of placing more sheets of cloth on Mazar-e-Sharif. Barrister Syed Wasim ul Hasan Shah Naqvi Hafizabadi, Maulana Syed Azmat Ali Shah Hamdani, Sahibzada Farhat Hassan Khan Noori, Maulana Ashiq Hussain Saeedi, Haji Muhammad Hanif Tayyab, Maulana Ghulam Yasin Golrovi, Syed Rafiq Shah, Sufi Muhammad Hussain Lakhani including others and Khatib-i-Millat Allama Kokab Noorani Okarvi spoke on the occasion.
The speakers said in their speech that Khatib-i-Azam Maulana Muhammad Shafi Okarvi was the most popular and ideal personality in his era, he was a true trustee of religious, intellectual and spiritual trusts and a figure of sincerity and honesty.
He performed the best duty of interpreting the correct beliefs and protecting the faith with great excellence, they said.
At last Maulana Kokab Okarvi offered prayer and announced that 42nd Annual Urs will held on 16-17 January 2025.
